POLICE: Seeking black car

Leeds County Ontario Provincial Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a vehicle that was involved in a collision early Thursday morning.

A car described as a small black Hyundai reportedly sideswiped another vehicle on Lyndhurst Road near Hicock Road at about 6:15 a.m. The driver’s side of the black car is damaged and the mirror is missing, according to an OPP post on Twitter. The vehicle was last seen travelling towards Lyndhurst.

The complainant’s vehicle also sustained damage to its driver’s side but there were no injuries, according to police. It is believed that the car being sought is a 2015 or newer model.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at 613-345-1790.

Search warrants executed

OPP and Smiths Falls Police reported late Thursday afternoon that several people had been taken into custody as part of a joint investigation into an ongoing series of break-ins in the area.

Search warrants were executed at two residences on Russell Street in Smiths Falls and a home on Townline Road in Rideau Lakes Township on Thursday afternoon.

The OPP community street crime unit, emergency response team and canine unit as well as town police executed the warrants. Most of the break-ins and thefts being investigated occurred at night in homes in Smiths Falls as well as areas of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville counties, beginning in late July. No injuries have been reported, according to a joint news release.